Transporting an army by sea had always been considered dangerous and difficult. But in recent years, ever since Duke William ferried his knights and all their horses to England, it was no longer so feared.
Although the motion passed by a slim margin, Rolando Lanfranchi also publicly chose to support the Marchioness, so the conscription of rowers and ships went relatively smoothly.
It took three days for Eric and Matilda to conscript nine hundred Knights from Canossa, including two hundred Tuscan Knights, nearly a thousand Crossbowmen, and five hundred Spearmen.
Two hundred Norman Knights were left in Canossa. As for Pisa, Otto was left in command of one hundred Norman Knights, ostensibly to assist in the city's defense, but in reality to prevent an uprising from the Pisan nobility.
The Pisa Republic fleet primarily had two types of ships: Galley-type oared sailing warships and Dromon warships.
